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| Site = [[thyroid gland]] | | Site = [[thyroid gland]] | ||
| Assdx = | | Assdx = | ||
| Syndromes = [[Multiple endocrine neoplasia | | Syndromes = [[Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A]] | ||
| Clinicalhx = | | Clinicalhx = | ||
| Signs = | | Signs = | ||
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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Screening for C-cell hyperplasia/[[medullary thyroid carcinoma]] done with ''serum calcitonin level''.<ref name=pmid19726541>{{cite journal |author=Machens A, Hoffmann F, Sekulla C, Dralle H |title=Importance of gender-specific calcitonin thresholds in screening for occult sporadic medullary thyroid cancer |journal=Endocr. Relat. Cancer |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=1291–8 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19726541 |doi=10.1677/ERC-09-0136 |url=http://erc.endocrinology-journals.org/cgi/content/full/16/4/1291}}</ref> | *Screening for C-cell hyperplasia/[[medullary thyroid carcinoma]] done with ''serum calcitonin level''.<ref name=pmid19726541>{{cite journal |author=Machens A, Hoffmann F, Sekulla C, Dralle H |title=Importance of gender-specific calcitonin thresholds in screening for occult sporadic medullary thyroid cancer |journal=Endocr. Relat. Cancer |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=1291–8 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19726541 |doi=10.1677/ERC-09-0136 |url=http://erc.endocrinology-journals.org/cgi/content/full/16/4/1291}}</ref> | ||
*Associated with [[multiple endocrine neoplasia | *Associated with [[multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A]].<ref name=pmid21134882>{{Cite journal | last1 = Tyer | first1 = NM. | last2 = Braunstein | first2 = GD. | last3 = Frishberg | first3 = D. | title = Unusual case of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A syndrome without medullary thyroid carcinoma. | journal = Endocr Pract | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = e4-7 | month = | year = | doi = 10.4158/EP10157.CR | PMID = 21134882 }}</ref> | ||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
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